Henna Definition

hĕnə
hennaed, henna, hennas
noun
An Old World plant (Lawsonia inermis) of the loosestrife family, with minute, white or red flowers having the fragrance of roses.
Webster's New World
A dye extracted from the leaves of this plant, often used to tint the hair auburn.
Webster's New World
A design drawn on the skin with this dyestuff.
American Heritage
Reddish brown.
Webster's New World
verb
To tint with henna.
Webster's New World
adjective
Reddish-brown.
Webster's New World

Of a rich reddish-brown colour.

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Noun

Singular:
henna
Plural:
hennas

Origin of Henna

  • From Arabic حِنّاء (ḥinnāʾ), the name of the tree used to make the dye, probably from Persian.

    From Wiktionary

  • Arabic ḥinnā’ ḥana’a to become green

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Henna Sentence Examples

  • Some towns were destroyed; the people of Henna were massacred.

  • It has now become impossible to distinguish the two races; Henna and Herbessus are now the fellows of Camarina and Leontini.

  • Whether the inland Sicel town of Henna was ever a Syracusan settlement is doubtful.

  • But the form of the tombs always remains the same, a small low chamber hewn in the rock, with a rectangular opening about 2 by 22 ft., out of which open other chambers, each with its separate doorway; and inhumation is adopted without exception, whereas in a Greek necropolis a low percentage of cases of 1 Leontini, Megara, Naxos, Syracuse, Zancle are all recorded as sites where the Sicel gave way to the Greek (in regard to Syracuse [q.v.] this has recently been proved to be true), while many other towns remained Sicel longer, among them Abacaenum, Agyrium, Assorus, Centuripae, Cephaloedium, Engyum, Hadranum, Halaesa, Henna, Herbessus, Herbita, Hybla Galeatis, Inessa, Kale Akte, Menaenum, Morgantina.

  • Dionysius then planted mercenaries at Leontini, conquered some Sicel towns, Henna among them, and made alliances with others.

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